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Median Arcuate Ligament Syndrome (MALS)
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Thanks @kariulrich and Happy Holidays to you as well!! My primary also suggested a cardiologist, but she knew I was tired with all the testing. I still need to do the pharmacology testing thing you did. I start back with testing in Jan. I did enjoy the break off. Do you suggest I get a primary at mayo? I love my primary but since I moved she is 1 1/2 hrs away, but we also email. I love my vascular surgeon, but not my GI dr. Oh well.
Maybe upping your Cymbalta dose may help. I remember it did help me, but like I said so many years ago, don't know if it even helps anymore.
So are you going to school too? I see you said for a paper you are doing. How do you have the energy!!! I admire you for that!! I am on social security disability. I would love to go back to teaching, but even on a good day I don't think I could do it, let alone having 5 in a row and not paying for it with being sick for weeks after......
Well have a wonderful holiday and Happy New Year if I don't talk to you by then. Maybe they will find some answers in 2018 for all of us!!
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@jmmb I did not realize I missed this post! I am so sorry, I apologize. My primary at Mayo Clinic is Dr. Sundsted: https://www.mayoclinic.org/biographies/sundsted-karna-k-m-d/bio-20202046 I really like her, she is easy to talk to and is very helpful at explaining things. She also listen to my thoughts, which is very important to me. I think we have made a great team. I am going to up my Cymbalta soon, we are doing changes in my meds gradually. I really like the med so far, it has been helpful for my mood... not so much for the pain, but increasing it should help. I am in school, but don't let that fool you... ha ha ... I am taking one class at a time and taking extended breaks between classes. I am finally getting my BSN at age 50! I did apply for SSD several years ago, it was a very long process but was denied despite my physicians recommendations. I do have a difficult time managing my energy levels, I take it day by day. My classes are all online which is helpful, many times I am doing classwork on the computer in bed. Mayo Clinic Rochester has a program to help manage energy levels... I am not that familiar with it, but it is a goal of mine to go through the program. I hope your 2018 is going well!! Sending hugs, and again I apologize for taking so long to reply.